Slideshow: TV's favourite fatties

TVFIX has amassed a gallery of small-screen fatties who embrace their chubbiness, from Mike and Molly's title couple to Kath & Kim's Sharon.

Overweight folks have always had a space on the small screen — quite a lot of space, for obvious reasons — but they were usually stuck in "jolly sidekick" roles.

But this is not always the case! It's not only rake-thin characters who take the lead: the Emmy-winning sitcom Mike & Molly is about a couple who met at Overeaters Anonymous, and The Biggest Loser is a whole reality show devoted to the battle against obesity.

TVFIX has amassed a gallery of small-screen fatties who embrace their chubbiness. From Lost's Hurley (whose lengthy stint on a remote island didn't change his weight a bit) to Kath & Kim's Sharon Strezlecki (the most pathetically loveable gal in Fountain Lakes), these fatties don't need to lose a pound!